A Little Wymondley man has today admitted to stealing a 12-year-old Hitchin girl’s pug puppy.

Bella, a seven-month-old puppy, was stolen from a house in Mattocke Road on October 22 last year.

She was recovered in the Symonds Green area of Stevenage eight days later.

Lee Joseph Davies, who initially pleaded not guilty on December 30, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Stevenage Magistrates Court this morning.

The 27-year-old from Elms Close will be sentenced on March 14.